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Labourers (The Statute of)

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An attempt made in 1349 to fix the rate of wages at which labourers should be compelled to work.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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La-de-da
La Garde Meurt ne se Rend pas
La Joyeuse
La Muette de Portici
La Roche
Labadists
Labarum
Labe (Queen)
Labour of Love (A)
Labourer is Worthy of his Hire
Labourers (The Statute of)
Labyrinth
Lac of Rupees
Lace
Laced
Lacedæmonian Letter (The)
Lacedæmonians (The)
Lachesis [Lak-ĕ-sis]
Lackadaisical
Laconic
Lacustrine Deposits